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Comment by lokar

4 hours ago

They should not admit students who have little chance of success

Sure, but these students are likely two groups; those who are never going to be good at math, and those who were never really taught math.

The latter may need an opportunity to succeed.

  • I agree, but they should be admitted into some special program. Like, turn up in July for 3 months of catch-up instruction 4 hrs a day.

  • At the university level it should be up to the student to ensure that they learn what they need.

    • Under the circumstance that the primary and secondary education levels have failed to adequately prepare a student for tertiary level, I think your idea would be unfair.

It's difficult to assess which students have a chance of success without standardized testing.

"In 2024, over 25% of the students in Math 2 had a math grade average of 4.0".

Math 2 is the remedial elementary and middle school math course at UC SD. Lack of standardized testing plus grade inflation contributes to this outcome.